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Five Senses Friday

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Feeling:

rather calm considering that:

there are half-finished drapes hanging on the kitchen windows… the house is three-fourths decorated for Christmas… I haven’t begun to figure out what to serve at a party we’re having in two weeks… the handyman guy for the leaky bathroom window is dragging his feet while tightly clutching our money and not doing the repairs… we have a huge muddy mess in our basement where there is a crack in the chimney foundation or a leak in the chimney cap [or both I suppose]… and we have now hired some company to fix our foundation/chimney/cap mess before winter sets in.

5 thoughts on “Five Senses Friday”

The last time that I did this exercise in self-awareness was in June. [Link here.] Then I was all sweetness & light. Now I’m all troubles & grumbles. I like Memorial Day through Fourth of July better than Thanksgiving through New Years. Always.

Zazzy, beats me. Btwn “winter is coming I have to get ready” and “oh dear, what did I say I’d do for this event?” December does me in. While June is all rosy and bright– mellow and inviting. I think that I live in the wrong hemisphere. I’d be happier about Christmas if I was in Australia right about now!

I have Christmas letters/cards hanging over me, no tree, lots of packages but none of them organized or wrapped and TIME is going too fast. Feeling grumpy too. I’m smelling my Scentsy Silver Bells. I love that scent!